[R] Fitting models in a loop

[Bill.Venables at csiro.au]

Murray,

Here is a general paradigm I tend to use for such problems.  It extends
to fairly general model sequences, including different responses, &c

First a couple of tiny, tricky but useful functions:

subst <- function(Command, ...) do.call("substitute", list(Command,
list(...)))

abut <- function(...)  ## jam things tightly together
  do.call("paste", c(lapply(list(...), as.character), sep = "")) 

Name <- function(...) as.name(do.call("abut", list(...)))

Now the gist.

fitCommand <- quote({
	MODELi <- lm(y ~ poly(x, degree = i), theData)
	print(summary(MODELi))
})
for(i in 1:6) {
	thisCommand <- subst(fitCommand, MODELi = Name("model_", i), i =
i)
	print(thisCommand)  ## only as a check
	eval(thisCommand)
}

At this point you should have the results and

objects(pat = "^model_")

should list the fitted model objects, all of which can be updated,
summarised, plotted, &c, because the information on their construction
is all embedded in the call.

Bill.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Murray Jorgensen
Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2006 2:09 PM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Fitting models in a loop

If I want to display a few polynomial regression fits I can do something

like

for (i in 1:6) {
	mod <- lm(y ~ poly(x,i))
	print(summary(mod))
	}

Suppose that I don't want to over-write the fitted model objects, 
though. How do I create a list of blank fitted model objects for later 
use in a loop?

Murray Jorgensen
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